This first quarter moon above in the sky this sunset marks the start of Samon, marking the start of a new Celtic year! Gaullish Samon is the equivalent of Irish cet-Samhin, the first of Summer, maked by the feast of Beltaine; of course Beltaine has become entrenched at the convenient time of May eve on [...]
Compare with the names of the known planets of ancient Celticity:
Sun: Sauelios, Sonnos/Sonna, Grannos/Greina
Moon: Luxna, Leucara/Leucaros, Diuon, Eidsciia
Mars: Cocidios, Roudios
Mercury: Lugos, Luxtos, Boudios
Jupiter: Tectos, Taranis
Venus: Reiia/Riia, Uasnia
Saturn: Melnos, Uosiros, Nucturos.
and, Uranus (maybe since it was bearly visible in the best of conditions): Cenos (> Cean < Cian).
Have dumped this out of http://cura.free.fr/xx/17bouten.html as a [...]
The solar extreme of December was celebrated this year at Newgrange - Bruig na Bóinde - on the Boyne by the Office of Public Works to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the rediscovery of the solstice alignment at there by Professor Michael J. O’Kelly, the archaeologist who excavated the mound. The ‘Mythical Ireland’ website presents [...]